Reader SunShots photo contest

Share your pictures for this category through Feb. 18 at community.baltimoresun.com. The winning photos will appear on Feb. 26 at baltimoresun.com/sunshots. It can take up to 24 hours on weekdays, and 48 hours on weekends for photos to be approved. To avoid cropping, upload photos with a 16:9 ratio....

This week's SunShots winner for the theme, "Serenity," is Ilinca Ciubotariu for her image of a pond in Provincetown, Massachusetts, taken with a Nikon D5000, 18-24mm lens, f10, 1/400 sec., and ISO 200. Baltimore Sun photographer Algerina Perna comments, "The photograph calls to mind Ansel Adams'...

Kevin Moore is second place winner for his image of Mabry Mill in Virginia, taken with a Canon 5D MKIII on a tripod; 24-105 mm lens at 35mm; f22; 2.5 sec. and ISO 125. Sun photographer Algerina Perna critiques, "Moore's image could be considered a photographic version of a Thomas Kinkade painting....